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President<\/span>
International Cooperative Alliance<\/span>
Asia And Pacific<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Joni Simpson” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/ms-joni-simpson\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ms-Joni-Simpson.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Director<\/span>
ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. P.A. Kiriwandeniya ” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/dr-p-a-kiriwandeniya\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PAK.png” alt=”Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Founder of the SANASA Movement<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Seri Dr. Noor Azlan bin Ghazali” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/prof-tan-sri-dato-seri-dr-noor-azlan-bin-ghazali\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Tan-Sri-Dato-Seri-Dr.-Noor-Azlan-bin-Ghazali.png” alt=”Mr. Jeroen Douglas” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Professor<\/span>
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Institut Pembangunan & Kermajuan Inklusif Malaysia (MINDA-UKM)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Ann Apps” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/ms-ann-apps\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ms.-Ann-Apps.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Lecturer
<\/strong>University of Newcastle
Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Anitha Munasinghe” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/ms-anitha-munasinghe\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped_circle_image.png” alt=”Ms. Simel Esim” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Country Manager of Solidaridad Network in Sri Lanka<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Balu Iyer” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-balu-iyer\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Balu-Iyer.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Regional Director
International Cooperative Alliance
Asia and Pacific\u00a0<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Pankaj Kumar Bansal” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-pankaj-kumar-bansal\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bansal.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/dr-hamed-veyskarami\/” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Managing Director
National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
India<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Gomika Udugamasooriya” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/prof-gomika-udugamasooriya\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gomika-1.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|700|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Senior Advisor to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Satish Marathe” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-satish-marathe\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Marathe.png” alt=”Datuk Ewon Benedick” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and on the Board of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
India<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Upali Herath ” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-p-santosh-kumar\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cropped_circle_image-8.png” alt=”Mr. P. Santosh Kumar” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Cooperative Leader
Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Jeroen Douglas” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-jeroen-douglas\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DG.png” alt=”Mr. Jeroen Douglas” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Director General
International Cooperative Alliance<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Sidsel Grimstad” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/prof-sidsel-grimstad\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sidsel-.png” alt=”Ms. Simel Esim” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Leading Academic in Cooperative Studies, Mutual Enterprises and Sustainble Housing
Australia<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Srinivas Tata” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-srinivas-tata\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Srinivas.png” alt=”Mr. P. Santosh Kumar” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-michael-pilbrow\/” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Director of the Social Development Division at ESCAP<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. G.D. Sarath Weerasiri” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-g-d-sarath-weerasiri\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped_circle_image-1.png” alt=”Mr. P. Santosh Kumar” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-michael-pilbrow\/” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Chairman of the Kuliyapitiya District Cooperative Council and Bingiriya Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, Director of Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Federation<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Jay-vee Marasigan Pangan” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/mr-jay-vee-marasigan-pangan\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JV-2.png” alt=”Ms. Simel Esim” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Multimedia Journalist & Educator Philippines<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Gurpreet Kaur Bhatia” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/ms-gurpreet-kaur-bhatia\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gupreet1.png” alt=”Mr. P. Santosh Kumar” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/mr-michael-pilbrow\/” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Regional Communications Director: Asia, Heifer International<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. S. Swaminathan” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/mr-s-swaminathan\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/swami1.png” alt=”Ms. Chitose Arai” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Communications Professional, and Livelihoods & Collective Enterprise Consultant, India<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Chitose Arai” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/ms-chitose-arai\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Arai__image-scaled.png” alt=”Ms. Om Devi Malla” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

President, Japanese Consumers\u2019 Co-operative Union (JCCU)
Japan<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Datuk Seri Dr. Abdul Fattah Abdullah” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/datuk-seri-dr-abdul-fattah-abdullah\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Datuk-Seri-Dr.-Abdul-Fattah-Abdullah_image.png” alt=”Ms. Om Devi Malla” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/balaram-adhikari\/” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

President, ANGKASA,
Malaysia<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Ms. Kumiko Matsuhashi” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/ms-kumiko-matsuhashi\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kumiko_circle_image.png” alt=”USec. Joseph \u201cJoy\u201d Ballota Encabo” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Vice-President, National Women’s Association of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA Zenkoku Joseikyo),
Japan<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#262d36″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Mr. Mangala Wijesinghe” url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/mr-mangala-wijesinghe\/” image=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mangala-Wijesinghe_circle_image.png” alt=”Ms. Chitose Arai” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font=”|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” link_option_url=”https:\/\/icaap.coop\/RA2025\/speaker\/win-bakri-daki\/” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Chairman\/CEO \u2013 Sri Lanka Export Development Board and Head of WTO SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub<\/p>\n

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Co-Founder and Director, Looms of Ladakh,
India<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chairwoman and CEO, Hop Tac Xa Lua Co Chat Silk,
Vietnam<\/span><\/p>\n

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Board Member, Koperasi Desa Cinta Kobuni Berhad,
Malaysia<\/p>\n

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President of the Handicraft & Agro-Food Processing Cooperative Union, Palestine<\/p>\n

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President
International Cooperative Alliance<\/p>\n

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Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Jaffna,<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

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Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Cooperative Development.\u00a0
Sri Lanka<\/p>\n

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Director General, Jordan Co-operative Corporation (JCC)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chairperson<\/span>
International Cooperative Alliance<\/span>
Asia And Pacific<\/span><\/p>\n

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